What the Boy Scouts of America did wrong in their apology for Trump’s speech
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What the Boy Scouts of America did wrong in their apology for Trump’s speech

ByJosh Bernoff

I feel for Michael Surbaugh, Chief Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America. He got the thankless job of apologizing for Donald Trump’s remarks to the scouts’ Jamboree. But his padded and swaddled apology misses the mark. Even if a problem is not your fault, you are responsible for apologizing as briefly and clearly as…

What’s wrong with Donald Trump’s exclusionary speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree
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What’s wrong with Donald Trump’s exclusionary speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree

ByJosh Bernoff

At the Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia yesterday, Trump gave a speech including remarks more appropriate for a political rally. To see why this matters, consider all the groups of scouts he rejected or excluded with his remarks. The Boy Scout organization has rules about politics. As an official Boy Scout blog on scouting…